St Patrick Blarney ˈblɑːni лесть clover ˈkləʊvə клевер Jig ID: 460512
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What’s the country?Slide2Slide3
St. PatrickSlide4
Blarney
ˈblɑːni
лестьclover
ˈkləʊvə клеверJig
dʒɪɡ джигаLeprechaun
ˈleprəkɔːn гномRainbow
ˈreɪnbəʊ радугаReel
riːl хоровод
Saint Patrick seɪnt ˈpætrɪk Святой
Shamrock ˈʃæmrɒk трилистник
Decent di:s’( ə)nt приличный
Steeple sti:p(ə)l звонница
Banish bæniʃ изгонять
DictionarySlide5
Saint Patrick was a gentleman,
He came of decent people.
In Dublin town, he built a church,
And on it put a steeple.
His father was a Brallaghan,His mother was a Brady
His auntie an O’Callaghan,His uncle an O’Grady
So success to bold Saint Patrick’s fist,He was a saint so clever.
He gave the snakes an awful twist,And banished them forever.
The PoemSlide6
_________is celebrated each year_____. In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is both a ____day and a national ______holiday. Saint Patrick is the ______ saint of Ireland as he was the one who brought __________ to the Irish.
Put in the words, use the box below:
Christianity, holy ,on March 17
th
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Saint Patrick’s Day, national, patron Slide7
Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17
th
. In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland as he was the one who brought Christianity to the Irish. Slide8
According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God. The shamrock, which looks like clover, has three leaves on each stem. Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity – that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Slide9
Another tale about Patrick is that he banished the snakes from Ireland. Different versions of the story, tell of him standing upon a hill, using a wooden staff to drive the serpents into the sea, banishing them forever from Ireland.
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Nowadays Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated with parades with the procession of brass bands, eccentric suits, folk dancers and laughing persons by hundreds of millions of people. On this day, the whole world - from Dublin to Sidney and from New York to Moscow and Saint Petersburg - becomes Irish.Slide11Slide12
A common idiom is "to be in clover", meaning to be living a carefree life of ease, comfort, or prosperity.Slide13
The Leprechaun is an Irish fairy. He looks like small, old man (about 2 feet tall), often dressed like a shoemaker, with a cocked hat and a leather apron. According to legend, leprechauns are aloof and unfriendly, live alone, and pass the time making shoes. They also possess a hidden pot of gold. Treasure hunters can often track down a leprechaun by the sound of his shoemaker's hammer. If caught, he can be forced (with the threat of bodily violence) to reveal the whereabouts of his treasure, but the captor must keep their eyes on him every second. If the captor's eyes leave the leprechaun (and he often tricks them into looking away), he vanishes and all hopes of finding the treasure are lost.
Near a misty stream in Ireland in the hollow of a tree
Live mystical, magical leprechauns
who are clever as can be
With their pointed ears, and turned up toes and little coats of green
The leprechauns busily make their shoes and try hard not to be seen.
Only those who really believe have seen these little elves
And if we are all believers
We can surely see for ourselves.
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Irish
Blessing)Slide14
Irish dancing is an ancient tradition that managed to survive over time. When the Celts came to Ireland from central Europe 2000 years ago, they brought with them their folk dances. Irish dancing, popularized in 1994 by the world-famous show "
Riverdance
", is notable for its rapid leg movements, body and arms being kept largely stationary.
Irish dances are accompanied by playing of bagpipes and harp. Most Irish music is made for dancing – mainly three types of tunes: reels, jigs and hornpipe. The dance for the dance groups is called Ceili or set dancing. . The dance is still the part of social culture in Ireland. Children, teenagers and adults compete in competitions for various titles and awards. The competition is solos and group dances and competitors are divided according to age. Slide15
Good Luck!